Legal Research Links
General Resources | Minorities & Indigenous Peoples | Poverty | Race | Refugees
Sexual Orientation
| War & Peace | Women | Other UN Human Rights Sites
General Human Rights Resources
University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
Positioned at the top of our list because it's one of the most comprehensive collections of human rights resources on the Web.
ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law - Human Rights
An excellent research guide maintained by Marci Hoffman for the American Society of International Law.
Equal Rights Trust
Self-described as "an independent organisation whose purpose is to combat discrimination and promote equality as a fundamental human right and a basic principle of social justice." For research, see the Virtual Library on Equality, which now includes the Public Interest Law Institute's "Database on Anti Discrimination and Equality Law" (formerly DADEL).
Human Rights First
An organization working to end human rights abuses. Homepage includes links to human rights news around the globe.
Human Rights Watch
A good source of news about current human rights issues. The focus of this site is on world peace, but there is also information about other human rights issues. The organization describes itself as follows: "Human Rights Watch is an independent, nongovernmental organization, supported by contributions from private individuals and foundations worldwide."
Project DIANA
Project DIANA is an online human rights archive maintained by Yale Law School. Includes cases and other documents.
European Court of Human Rights
United Nations Human Rights Web Page
U.S. State Department Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
U.S. Department of State Human Rights Page
Minorities & Indigenous Peoples
Center for World Indigenous Studies
Health & Human Rights of Indigenous Persons
Provided by the UN World Health Organization.
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
Minority Rights Group International
An international human rights organization "working to secure rights for ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities and indigenous people around the world." Our library subscribes to several of this organization's publications, which are also available online at this site.
Native American Rights Fund
Includes the Tribal Law Gateway , a portal to the laws of federally recognized tribes.
United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Poverty
Institute on Race and Poverty
National Center for Law and Economic Justice
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme
United Nations Committee on Migrant Workers
Anti-Racism Sites
AntiRacismNet
Institute on Race and Poverty (U. of Minnesota)
United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Refugees & Asylum
Amnesty International - Refugees and Migrants
Human Rights Watch - Refugees
International Refugee Rights Initiative
Study Guide on Refugees
Provided by Human Rights Education Associates (HREA).
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Sexual Orientation
ACLU Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Project
Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
National Gay & Lesbian Task Force
War & Peace
Afghan Documentation Center
Joint project of the War Crimes Research Office and Pence Law Library at American University Washington College of Law documenting human rights abuses in Afghanistan since 1971.
Human Rights Watch
A good source of news about current human rights issues. The focus of this site is on world peace, but there is also information about other human rights issues. The organization describes itself as follows: "Human Rights Watch is an independent, nongovernmental organization, supported by contributions from private individuals and foundations worldwide."
Web Genocide Documentation Centre: Internet Resources on Genocide and Mass Killing
United Nations & Decolonization
United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
United Nations Committee Against Torture
United Nations E-MINE: Electronic Mine Information Network
United Nations Peace & Security Web Site
United Nations Peacekeeping Home
United Nations Security Council Information
United Nations Office of the Special Representative for . . . Children & Armed Conflict
Women's Rights
Equal Rights Advocates
United Nations Commission on the Status of Women
United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
Women's Human Rights Resources
Maintained by the Bora Laskin Law Library, U. of Toronto.
WomensNet - site reported down 5/7/09
WomenWatch - The UN Internet Gateway on the Advancement and Empowerment of Women
Human Rights Watch "Women's Rights Landmark Sex Crimes Verdict" page
Contains information and documents about violence against women generally and specifically in Bosnia, Hercegovina and Sierra Leone.
Other United Nations Sites Focusing on Human Rights and Humanitarian Concerns
United Nations Research Guide for Human Rights Documents
A good place to start if you are unfamiliar with research involving UN documents. This is the human rights section of a guide prepared by the United Nations Dag Hammarskjšld Library that "provides an overview of the various types of documents and publications issued by the Organization (e.g, reports, resolutions, meeting records, sales publications, press releases) and gives guidance on how to work with them. Includes links to UN charter-based and treaty-based bodies, human rights conferences and declarations, and a human rights pathfinder.
